Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, most visibly as an anchor on SportsCenter. Scott graduated in 1987 with a bachelor of arts in speech communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He played club football for four years at UNC.
Scott is famous for his amblyopia and on-air "catch phrases", his use of non-standard English elevated his profile as a sports broadcasting pioneer. It also made him the target of criticism. Tim Meadows parodied him on SNL.
In the 2003 SportsCenter Island poll about the popularity of SportsCenter anchors, on the Web site of USA Today, Scott got the most "kick off" votes and the second-most "keep" votes. USAToday.com writer Michael Hiestand summarized on an article, "Scott stands out on 'SportsCenter'" .
Stuart Scott was injured on April 3, 2002, at the New York Jets training camp while reporting for ESPN when a machine that throws footballs to receivers for practice hit him in the left eye with a football, requiring Scott to undergo surgery of the cornea .
Scott recently hosted the ESPN series Dream Job, the network's talent search for a new SportsCenter anchor. It is from this show that the now common phrase "hugs and handpounds" was first introduced to the American television audiences by Stuart. He is the current host of Monday Night Countdown and once co-anchored NFL Primetime with Chris Berman and former NFL linebacker Tom Jackson. His stint on NFL Primetime was noteworthy for the fact that Scott would anchor highlights of the less glamorous matchups of the week. Berman would often dub these lackluster games "Stu games".
Scott has two daughters and lives in Connecticut.
Scott is a prominent member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
